{"product_id":"epidemic-encounters-9780774822121","title":"Epidemic Encounters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA multidisciplinary exploration of Canada’s experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ \u003cem\u003eMagda Fahrni and Esyllt Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Public Responses to the Influenza Pandemic in Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Limits of Necessity: Public Health, Dissent, and the War Effort during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic \/ \u003cem\u003eMark Osborne Humphries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 “Rendering Valuable Service”: The Politics of Nursing during the 1918-19 Influenza Crisis \/ \u003cem\u003eLinda Quiney\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 “Respectfully Submitted”: Citizens and Public Letter Writing during Montreal’s Influenza Epidemic, 1918-20 \/ \u003cem\u003eMagda Fahrni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Who Contracted Influenza and Why?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The North-South Divide: Social Inequality and Mortality from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Hamilton, Ontario \/ \u003cem\u003eD. Ann Herring and Ellen Korol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Beyond Biology: Understanding the Social Impact of Infectious Disease in Two Aboriginal Communities \/ \u003cem\u003eKaren Slonim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 A Geographical Analysis of the Spread of Spanish Influenza in Quebec, 1918-20 \/ \u003cem\u003eFrancis Dubois, Jean-Pierre Thouez, and Denis Goulet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Influenza and the Limits of Modernity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Flu Stories: Engaging with Disease, Death, and Modernity in British Columbia, 1918-19 \/ \u003cem\u003eMary-Ellen Kelm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Spectral Influenza: Winnipeg’s Hamilton Family, Interwar Spiritualism, and Pandemic Disease \/ \u003cem\u003eEsyllt Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Influenza and Public Health in the Contemporary Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Toronto’s Health Department in Action: Influenza in 1918 and SARS in 2003 \/ \u003cem\u003eHeather MacDougall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion \/ \u003cem\u003eEsyllt Jones and Magda Fahrni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404925346135,"sku":"9780774822121","price":73.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774822121.jpg?v=1730488074","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/epidemic-encounters-9780774822121","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}